Kemiönsaari Music Festival

Name: Kemiönsaari Music Festival
Start: 2026-07-06
End: 2026-07-12
Location: Kemiönsaari

took place · 6 Jul 2026

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Kemiönsaari Music Festival is a chamber music festival held since 1999, with concerts in the region's manor houses and churches. The programme spans from classical masterworks to contemporary music, featuring leading artists in the field.

About the festival: Kemiönsaari Music Festival

~300

artists and ensembles hosted since 1999

30+

world premieres staged

Since 1999

years running

concerts per edition

Good to know

Runs 7 days: Mon 6 July - Sun 12 July 2026
Tickets 23-42 EUR per concert (student to full price via Lippupiste)
Direct booking from festival (no service fee) available until 6 June 2026
Tickets also sold at concert venues from 1 hour before each concert
Wheelchair and companion seats: book directly with organiser at tickets@kimf.fi
Concerts held in churches, manor houses and art museums across Kemiönsaari island
No camping - indoor concert venues only; accommodation in local hotels and cottages

What's new

2026-03
Tickets for the 2026 festival went on sale via Lippupiste; direct orders from the festival without a service fee were available until 6 June 2026.
2026-03
The 2026 opening concert features the Finnish Baroque Orchestra with Danish bass-baritone Jakob Bloch Jespersen and the world premiere of a new commissioned work by Paola Livorsi.
2026-03
New artists joining the festival in 2026 include violinist Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä, cellist Kati Raitinen, and tenor Tuomas Katajala performing Schubert's Winterreise in a guitar arrangement by Petri Kumela.
2026-03
The 2026 festival runs 6-12 July across Kemiönsaari and surrounding areas, with concerts in churches, manor houses and art museums.

Headliners

Suomalainen barokkiorkesteri (Finnish Baroque Orchestra) Jakob Bloch Jespersen Tuomas Katajala Petri Kumela Kreeta-Julia Heikkilä Kati Raitinen Katinka Korkeala Sonja Korkeala Roland Glassl Paola Livorsi

Here's how it looked last time

Photo: Patrick Bagge

Kemiönsaari Music Festival

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